The Lonely Child

Loneliness...

‘The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the
feeling of being unloved’ –

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Loneliness can be as harmful as smoking and
obesity.

Loneliness – What is loneliness?

Loneliness is a feeling in which a strong
sense of emptiness and solitude is experienced...There are feelings of emptiness
of being unwanted and unimportant. The person suffering may find it hard to
form strong interpersonal relationships.

Loneliness can be summarized as falling into these
categories:

§ Situational /
circumstantial - loss of a relationship, move to a new city

§ Developmental - a
need for intimacy balanced by a need for individualism

§ Internal - often
including feelings of low self-esteem and vulnerability

Loneliness can
make one feel that 'everyone else' has friends, that one is inadequate and unskilled.
A lonely person may believe there is something wrong with him or her, and that
no one understands. They will lose confidence and will become too scared to try
new things for fear of further rejection. So often, the feeling of loneliness
can become a state of clinical depression.

So often this
feeling of loneliness can be a manifestation of abuse...

Nobody asks to
be abused. The guilt, badness and shame is
always on the head of the abuser - don't take it onto your shoulders.

Talk, write down you feelings, share them... but whatever you do, don't keep them to yourself.

Turn it around, DON'T BE A VICTIM............. BE A SURVIVOR.

I have supplied a link of an organisation that offers help
for the lonely and depressed.